As your Mukhya Aṅka
Born to understandमूलांक
You meet each day wanting to learn and to share what you learn. Others bring you their questions.
From the day of birth: 3, 12, 21, 30
Aṅka Jyotiṣa · the number three
Bṛhaspatiबृहस्पति
The number of wisdom and blessing
Three is the number of growth: one and two, and what is born of them. Bṛhaspati, the teacher of the devas, rules it, the graha of wisdom, dharma and grace. Where three is strong, learning ripens into understanding.
- Tattva
- Ākāśa · space
- Direction
- North-east
- Day
- Thursday · Guruvāra
- Deity
- Viṣṇu
The energy of 3
Gifts
What 3 brings
- Wisdom. Sees the whole and gives counsel others trust.
- Teaching. Explains, guides and lifts those who learn from it.
- Optimism. Expects good, and often finds it.
- Dharma. Drawn to what is right, and to the sacred.
To watch
Where 3 needs steadiness
- Advice not asked for. Wisdom waits to be invited.
- Over-confidence. Even the wise keep learning.
- Excess. Too much of a good thing is still too much.
- Rigidity. Principles serve people, not the other way round.
3 in each of the three roles
As your Bhāgyāṅka
A road of learning and guidanceभाग्यांक
The years lead toward teaching, counsel and respect. Growth comes through study, elders, and doing what is right.
From the whole date of birth, reduced to 3
As your Nāmāṅka
A name that is trustedनामांक
A name that adds to 3 sounds warm and wise. It suits a teacher, an adviser, or anyone in a place of trust.
From the letters of the name, reduced to 3
Friends and companions
How 3 meets the other numbers
● Friends: 1 Sūrya · 2 Candra · 7 Ketu · 9 Maṅgala
● Even: 4 · 8
● Go carefully: 5 Budha · 6 Śukra
From the grahas’ natural friendships. Rāhu (4) is read as Śani and Ketu (7) as Maṅgala.
Its dates
Days of the month that carry 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
3, 12, 21, 30 reduce to 3. Thursday is its day of the week.
Compound numbers
Totals that come home to 3
- 12
- 21
- 30
- 39
- 48
- 57
If a name or a date adds to one of these, its root is 3. Each compound carries its own shade, read alongside the root.
Its letters
The letters that carry 3
- C
- G
- L
- S
By the Chaldean values. A name rich in these letters leans toward Bṛhaspati.
Upāya · for Bṛhaspati
Inviting the energy of 3
ॐ ग्रां ग्रीं ग्रौं सः गुरवे नमः
The bīja mantra of Bṛhaspati · ॐ बृं बृहस्पतये नमः
- Japa
- 19,000 in a cycle · a mālā a day
- Vrat
- Thursday
- Dāna
- Chana dal, turmeric and yellow cloth on a Thursday
- Colour
- Yellow and gold
Begin on its day in the śukla pakṣa, after sunrise. Ask a jyotiṣī before wearing any gemstone.
Rhythm
The months and years of 3
- Jan
- Feb
- MarMīna ›
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- DecDhanu ›
Bṛhaspati rules Dhanu and Mīna. When the sun walks through them, from mid-December to mid-January and from mid-March to mid-April, the energy of 3 is strongest. A 3 personal year brings expansion: study, travel for learning, and blessings through teachers.